Abdulrasheed Maina, former
chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has been arrested.
According to The Nation, Maina
was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at a hotel
in Abuja after he allegedly sneaked into the country from Dubai, United Arab
Emirates.
A source was quoted as saying the
DSS might hand him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
for trial over his involvement in a pension fraud.
“Following inter-agency
collaboration, intelligence report indicated that Maina had sneaked into the
country from Dubai, ” the source was quoted to have said.
“He was trailed to an Abuja hotel
where he was arrested after operatives outwitted those who tried to ferry him
away in a bullet-proof vehicle.
“He is currently being quizzed.
He is likely to be handed over to the EFCC for trial. He has a pending case
since 2015.”
The federal civil service
commission had dismissed Maina in 2013 for absconding from duty following
recommendation by the office of the head of service.
He was accused of being involved
in pension fraud running into over N100 billion. After an investigation by the
senate joint committee on public service establishment, a warrant of arrest was
issued against him.
Subsequently, the police declared
him wanted and he went into hiding.
However, in 2017, he returned to
the country under controversial circumstances and was reinstated as a director
in the ministry of interior.
But President Muhammadu Buhari
ordered his dismissal and demanded a probe into his recall.
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